Derek Levinson

Office: 5338 Mathematical Sciences

Email: djlevins at math dot ucla dot edu

I received my PhD from UCLA in 2023 under the supervision of Itay Neeman. I'm interested in set theory, especially descriptive inner model theory.

Teaching

• Spring 2024: Math 174E (Mathematical Finance) 

• Winter 2024: Math 170E (Introduction to Probability and Statistics) 

• Fall 2023: Math 170E (Introduction to Probability and Statistics)  

Articles

• Unreachability of 𝚪2n+1,m, submitted, arXiv .

• (with Itay Neeman and Grigor Sargsyan) Unreachability of Inductive-Like Pointclasses in L(R), submitted, arXiv.

Review Articles

• Review of HOD as a Core Model, by John Steel and Hugh Woodin, Bulletin of Symbolic Logic, vol 29 (2023), pp. 656 - 657.

Talks

• Unreachability of 𝚪2n+1,m
        - UCI Logic Seminar, University of California Irvine, November 2023

• Unreachability of Pointclasses in L(R)
        - 2nd Irvine Conference on Inner Model Theory, University of California Irvine, July 2023
        - Core Model Seminar, Carnegie Mellon University, October 2022, Talk 1 , Talk 2
        - UNT Logic Seminar, University of North Texas, October 2022, Slides
        - 5th Muenster Conference on Inner Model Theory, University of Muenster, June 2022

• Mice and Scales, UCLA Logic Seminar, University of California Los Angeles, November 2021

• Strange Consequences of Simple Axioms, Graduate Student Seminar, University of California Los Angeles, April 2021

About Me

I grew up in Washington, DC. I wanted to be a mathematician ever since my dad told me I wasn't going to make the NBA. When not doing math or watching basketball, I enjoy reading, running, and tennis.